Edward James, patron of the surrealists, was so besotted with his wife, the dancer Tilly Losch, that when he saw the trail of wet footprints she left up the stairs after her bath at Monkton House, he had them woven into the carpet.
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The Pazyryk Carpet is the oldest known carpet on earth woven 2500 years ago (5th Century B.C.). It was discovered in the tomb of a Scythian prince in the Pazyryk Valley of Siberia by Ukrainian archaeologist Sergei Rudenko in the late 1940s.
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University of Technology Sydney, Kuringgai campus. David Turner. Now repurposed and like most remodels (sadly) not quite as colorful.
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Persian Carpet/ Lilian pattern/ Iran
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Strawberris on carpet - Walter Elst , 2008.
Belgian, b. 1955 -
Oil on panel
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Andrea Previtali - The Annunciation. Detail. 1508
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Interior Design Ideas (1988)
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This living room was planned in such a way that the view through the large window walls to the rocky hillside outdoors became the dominant element. Works of art and the fireplace attract our attention next, while the furnishing, flooring, and ceiling are subdued. Keith Kroeger and Leonard Perfido, architects. (Photograph: Maris/Semel)
Inside Today’s Home, 1986
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Well, the price is right.
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